Biography
Emanuele Arnone was born and raised in Italy, in the heart of Rome and even after spending half his life in Los Angeles he still possesses that passionate temperament and love for beauty he inherited from the "eternal city".
At an early age he started to display an exceptional love for all forms of music and studied several instruments, music theory and composition both at the conservatory and privately with the very best teachers available.
Being surrounded with musical tradition all his life but also deeply drawn to modern music Emanuele found himself to inevitably move across the ocean to continue his music education in the United States. He won a Special Abilities Scholarship at prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston and found himself passionately engaged in the study music for motion pictures that in 1991 earned him a BA majoring in Film Scoring.
He decided to move to Los Angeles where Hollywood's film industry would provide a real world education and unique opportunities. Very shortly after in 1993 he started working at Hans Zimmer’s Media Ventures where Oscar winning The Lion King was created that year. Since that time he has gone on to compose award winnings scores, edit music and license songs for film and television including some Hollywood multi million dollar blockbusters.
His body of work ranges from studio features films such as the biggest disaster movie in Hollywood's history The Day After Tomorrow directed by Roland Emmerich, Surrender Dorothy a comedic drama starring Diane Keaton, to licensing music to television shows such as the Warner Brother's "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Extra The Entertainment Magazine".
Arnone's engaging and atmospheric scores have enhanced numerous indie films; recent projects include the thriller Refuge From The Storm starring Michael Madsen (Kill Bill)) and Sweet Talk, a comedy starring Natalie Zea (The Following).
His diverse repertoire ranges from epic symphonic scores featuring 80-piece orchestras to intimate, small ensembles and hybrid electronic scores featuring solo instruments and sound design. His thematic and very melodic approach, command of traditional and new film scoring techniques, produce an original combination of sounds that breathes emotion into all of his work.
One of Arnone’s most unique assignments include composing with long term music partner Dino Herrmann the intensely emotional and lyrical score for the independent feature film Now Chinatown. The score was recorded blending a string ensemble, vocals, and synthesizers with the stunning sounds of traditional Chinese instruments. Such a unique sound caught the attention of the Foreign Press that honored him with making it an official selection for the Golden Globe Award for best music score.
Arnone is also a very accomplished music producer and songwriter with songs licensed in TV and commercials. His song Let Love Go on the Buddha Bar X album reached the top of international and iTunes electronic album charts and he has written music for several high profile commercials including a series of spots that won him four Telly Awards for best music.
Selected Films:
Refuge From The Storm, feature film starring Michael Madsen
The Day After Tomorrow directed by Roland Emmerich starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal 20th Century Fox, original songs, music editing
Sweet Talk, feature film starring Natalie Zea, John Glover, original score
Seven And A Match feature film directed by Derek Simonds (The Sinner) starring Adam Scott, original score
Surrender Dorothy feature film starring Diane Keaton, original songs
Epoch of Lotus starring Ho Sung (Mortal Kombat), original score
Ole feature film starring Jesus Nebot, original score
Now Chinatown feature film starring Lianne Hu, original score
They Came at Night feature film starring Elpidia Carrillo (Predator), original score
Twinkle Toes starring Sally Kirkland, original score
Only In Venice feature film starring Tonya Crow (Knots Landing), original score
The Bracelet short film directed by Paul Wei, original score
The Huntress starring Annette O’Toole (Superman), USA, music editing
RFK starring James Cromwell (LA Confidential), Fox, music editing
Sins Of The Father starring Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk Down) Artisan Ent., music Editing
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani story starring James Woods (Once Upon A Time In America), USA, music editing
Selected TV Shows:
"Lopez Tonight",Telepictures Productions, Turner Broadcasting System
"The Sharon Osbourne Show", Telepictures Productions, Warner Bros. Television
"Judge Mathis", Syndacated Productions, Warner Bros. Television
"Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show", Telepictures Productions, Warner Bros. Television
"Indipendent Spirit Award", hosted by Sarah Silverman American Movie Classics
"Extra The Entertainment Magazine", Warner Bros./NBC
"Celebrity Justice" , Telepictures Productions
"The Bachelor", Next Entertainment, ABC
"TBS Movie Extra", Telepictures Productions, Turner Broadcasting System
" Alma Awards" , ABC
"The Bachelor-Where Are They Now", Next Entertainment, ABC
"Global Business People", Michelle Hanson Prods.
"Street Smarts", Telepictures Productions, Warner Bros. Television
"The Bachelorette", ABC
"The Bonnie Hunt Show", Bob & Alice Prods., Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
"Elimidate", Dawn Syndacated Productions, Telepictures Productions
"Legends of the rings", Joe Hamilton Productions, Versus Network
"Modern Marvels", Actuality Productions,History Channel
"Starting Over", NBC
"TMZ on TV", Telepictures Productions
"The Tyra Banks Show", Telepictures Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Selected Records:
"Buddha Bar X" by Ravin, written, performed & produced
“Let Love Go”, George V Records
"Oneness", Damian with the London Symphony Orchestra,
producer, programmer for the entire album
"Ro Maniac", Damian & Brothers-Filarmonika Romanes,
producer for the entire album
"The Secret Of Joy", Andrea Centazzo, producer Warner Chappell